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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Yes, I'm alive, I'm well and I'm thinking it's finally time to revive this ridiculously dead blog from the depths. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">This blog started as a way of helping me get some of the billions of thoughts that travel through my brain every day out. A way of processing things I see, things I hear, things I want to put into words. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Like many blogs, it grew into something bigger and, if I'm honest, I had no clue what to do with that. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">So I stopped. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I've not stopped writing however. I keep written diaries of my thoughts, scraps of poems that flash through my brain, doodles and photos and ticket stubs etc. I just feel maybe now is a good time to put some of these back out on the internets and share them with people, rather than hiding them away. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">So here I am.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I'm older (35), not necessarily wiser (more than likely not), I work hard (I love my random job!), I love my family and friends, I'm possibly addicted to taking pictures/videos of the sea/rivers/moving water and I'm still attempting to write poetry (still pretty badly in my personal opinion). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">In order to push myself with my writing I've set myself a challenge. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I'm going to write a haiku a week for the entire year. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">52 haikus from my brain to this page. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I've always loved haikus. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">The succinct nature of putting across a story in such a small space appeals massively. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">So, a little late as I only just decided to put this up on here rather than just writing it in a book, is haiku no. 1. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I find it inside the eyes</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">and hearts of true friends. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I'm going to attempt to take photos to go with each haiku and share them on my instagram, so if you'd like to see what my brain decides to put visually with these words go check it out at <a href="https://www.instagram.com/jules_shmules/" target="_blank">@jules_shmules</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I'll need to catch up so will post some more over the nest week and then a new one every Friday from then on. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Who knows, maybe, if they're not too bad, I'll put them together into a little book or zine at the end of the year :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Much love, as always,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">After pretty much a year long hiatus Doodler's Corner is back and ready to assault your eyeballs with visual amazingness from some of the best and brightest illustrators, artists, designers, makers and general creative people out there!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">This week I am very excited to welcome into the corner someone whose work never fails to make me smile, Dick Vincent. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">The great outdoors is a consistent theme throughout my work, as well as our relationship with animals.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">You can find out more about him and check out his amazing work here: <a href="http://dickvincent.blogspot.co.uk/">http://dickvincent.blogspot.co.uk/</a> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">and buy some here: <a href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/DickVincent">https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/DickVincent</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">If you're an illustrator, artist, maker, photographer, generally all round creative person then I'd love to hear from you! You can find out more about Doodler's Corner <a href="http://curtainsforthewindow.blogspot.co.uk/p/doodlers-corner.html" target="_blank">here</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Plant apple pips in parks</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Walk slowly</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Look up at the tops of buildings</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Keep letters from friends</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Ask a lot of silent questions</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Hope things make sense one day</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Think happy thoughts</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Read books about anything and everything</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Take pictures of small things</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Hear music in people's footsteps</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Don't fear solitude</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Sleep</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Give your love to those who need it</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Cut your own hair, at least once</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Be messy if you feel like it</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Let your friends know you care</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Try to see yourself as others see you</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Feel the sand between your toes</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Stop worrying about everything</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Pass the time doing things that make you feel good</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Eat pudding....at least once in a while</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Hold hands with someone</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Get rid of things that weigh you down</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Be kind</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Put crisps in your sandwiches</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Listen to the rain on the roof</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Share what you have with those around you</span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07487552689054019340noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5539780257852129827.post-42221606578411430312015-05-20T09:40:00.002+01:002015-05-20T09:40:54.749+01:00Being yourself can be hard sometimes.....<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">There's something strangely satisfying about finally embracing some of your faults and maybe even discovering that they're not faults at all. Recently I've been accepting some truths about myself that I actually feel are pluses rather than minuses.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I had a run in with some rather unpleasant posh blokes one evening about a month ago. I was just walking home, minding my own business when four very posh sounding 20 something guys walk up behind me and started making very loud, very unpleasant comments about me (not to me I hasten to add). I didn't quite know how to respond so I kept my head down and didn't look as they passed me, laughing their haughty, horsey laughs....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">They really made me question my looks, my figure, my dress sense....being referred to as a "fat ugly bitch" by complete strangers really crushed me for a while. It didn't help that I was on a low ebb self confidence wise on that particular day....however, later that night, it made me stop and think hard about how I feel about myself and how the views of others affect me and I came to this realisation:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I LET THE OPINIONS OF PEOPLE WHO REALLY DON'T MATTER BOTHER ME TOO MUCH</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">The funny thing is that the older I get, the happier I seem to be. I'm more comfortable in my own skin now than I've ever been. I went from depressed teenager to confused early 20 something to still confused late 20 something. I'm about to turn 33 in a couple of weeks and my 30's seem to have taught me a lot about who I am, what I like and how I want to live. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I mean sure, maybe I'm not quite in the the situations I would ideally like to be yet but there's time to work on all those things. There's always time! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">The thing is that those blokes don't know me. They don't know that I've been both bigger and smaller than I am now. They don't know that I'm a kind, caring person who loves helping others. They don't know that I'm hardworking and creative and intelligent. They don't care about any of that because I don't fit into their little pigeon holes of what a woman should be like....but the thing that resonated most for me after thinking a lot about all this stuff is that I DON'T WANT TO BE!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">So to anyone else who has suffered random verbal abuse in the street, here's a hug from me, I think you're awesome how you are xxx</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07487552689054019340noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5539780257852129827.post-59253148745507746012015-05-20T09:22:00.000+01:002015-05-20T09:22:38.879+01:00Distraction<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Distraction.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">There's always some kind of distraction that makes me not write.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Usually it's because I'm tired or I'm reading something or I'm eating whatever I've bothered to cook/find in the fridge/order from somewhere (mostly it's all three at the same time). </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">It's sad because I love writing. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">The process of getting thoughts to words to screen or paper makes me a happier, more well rounded person I think.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">So, for probably the billionth time since I started writing this blog all those years ago, I'm going to have another push and see if I can't give birth to some interesting blog posts again.....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">But not too closely as then I'll get stage fright! :) </span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07487552689054019340noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5539780257852129827.post-87946343163258632182015-02-22T22:34:00.000+00:002015-02-22T22:34:18.467+00:00An Armadillo in Paris<div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07487552689054019340noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5539780257852129827.post-89751008841433506512014-12-07T15:28:00.001+00:002014-12-07T15:28:59.944+00:00Adventure<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Life can become a monotonous plod from Monday to Sunday sometimes. Days go by and nothing in particular happens to make it noteworthy. Then the days roll in to weeks and before you know it the year is nearly over. That's not to say that this year hasn't had it's interesting points though.....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Sometimes I just need a nudge to remind me that interesting things are all around me if I look for them and someone reminded me of this...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I signed up to Josie's (<a href="https://twitter.com/porridgebrain" target="_blank">@porridgebrain</a>) postcard project....she sent out 40 postcards to different people and each card had something to do written on it. You then had to go and do whatever it said and come back with photographic evidence of your adventure....so here's mine!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> I saw a fish, a face and the number 3...what can you see?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> Circle number one made from white quartz type rocks and different kinds of lichen.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> Circle number two...made in a little stream using rocks found at the edge. Oh, and I saw four human beings, three dogs, two cats and a tiny little wren in a hedge....she was my favourite.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> My thing that I wanted to hide....I've had this keyring FOREVER....am very fond of it but thought it was a good thing to leave in a secret place.....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I have long been a fan of <a href="http://www.allycapellino.co.uk/" target="_blank">Ally Capellino</a>. The functional yet beautiful style is so appealing. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">The A/W 2014 collection is chock full of amazing pieces but I think my favourite is this leather and waxed cotton <a href="http://www.allycapellino.co.uk/igor-luxe-waxed-cotton-rucksack-with-laptop-sleeve" target="_blank">iGor rucksack.</a> For me, it's the most perfect rucksack ever!</span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07487552689054019340noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5539780257852129827.post-6709866693636723452014-11-21T10:27:00.003+00:002014-11-21T10:27:52.762+00:00Net life<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">After a month with no internet (apart from ridiculously crap 3G on my phone!) I am finally back online! I feel like bouncing around like an idiot!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">It really has brought home how much I rely on it for all kinds of things in my every day life, far more than I thought it did....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">So, what to do with my newfound access to the wonderful web world? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I'd love it if you showed me the sights and sounds that you have found recently and enjoyed!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">What should I be looking at, listening to and engaging with? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I am more than a little in love with their butterfly and moth print (they look like little pieces of origami!). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Also have my eye on the badges....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Check out <a href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/196832828/butterfly-moths-a4-print?ref=shop_home_active_4" target="_blank">HelloxTreasure</a> on Etsy and follow them on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/helloxtreasure" target="_blank">@helloxtreasure</a>! </span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07487552689054019340noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5539780257852129827.post-31271498173458510802014-09-22T10:22:00.000+01:002014-09-22T10:22:12.984+01:00Mr Skelly<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">He lives on my bed and was made by a very talented lady called Sam in Brighton. You should find her on Instagram because she's pretty darned marvellous.... <a href="http://instagram.com/__art_by_papercut__?modal=true">_ART_BY_PAPERCUT_</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">are dust motes the size of planets.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Slowing falling through time,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Eddying on the currents of breath</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">that change their orbit. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Stare unblinking and you might just glimpse</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">the spark of life,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">blossoming existence,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">the birth of love and hope.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">These are the tiny universes </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">in the every day,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">constant cycle of decay</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">and rebirth. </span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07487552689054019340noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5539780257852129827.post-49312777134439468492014-06-07T10:47:00.003+01:002014-06-07T10:48:11.583+01:00Morning<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">the breaking light</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">8th June 2014</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">It's about time I sort my life out and get Doodler's Corner on the go again! I have an inbox full of wonderful people's work and just haven't had the time to do anything with it whilst moving house/starting a new job. NOW IT'S TIME!! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Hello! I’m Karys, I live in the sunny South West in Torbay and I’m an Art Technician by day teaching students how to Screenprint...and a Print Maker by night!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I always tend to come back to the same themes within my work, which mostly revolve around the idea of the scavenger and collector. One of the most interesting series of pieces I worked upon at university was using the dust, hair and detritus from inside vacuum bags which I used in a series of monoprints – they created the most intricate and idiosyncratic marks. My favourite anecdote is to tell people I wrote my dissertation on Dust, although it’s not exactly a party topic!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">My experiences of working in unusual London galleries also influences my art practice, from working in an all performance art gallery– when events were held of one off art performances I really felt as if I was part of something amazing. Additionally working in a gallery hidden in the disused underground tunnels, not only was the atmosphere amazing, but was incredible in complete darkness when a resonance choir filled the space.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">These days I am a world away from these galleries and tend to find my influences through my Tumblr dashboard! When I see something I really like I print it off and put it above my desk at work where I sit near enough 8 hours a day! I ponder them more than I would a passing glance online and it tends to spark off new ideas for my own pieces.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">At the moment with my etsy shop it literally is what pops into my head. Some days I just pick a random letter and think of something fun that begins with that. Other days I will think about what my friends love and do a print to do with that, then surprise them with it! My work colleague Beth has gotten quite a few owl prints on her desk that way!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Being in an art performance which I was picked for and ended up being photographed and filmed for the official Press Release. I felt very cool and a HUGE poster of me was up on the side of the gallery! As a thank you the artist gave me an original of his work with an official certificate of authenticity and ownership with my name on!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I do enjoy my current job as an Art Technician with being a Print Maker on the side but there is one job I would kill for! I would absolutely love to work on the themeing for Theme Park rides and scenery. That would be living the dream for me and combining my two passions!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I really love the work of <a href="http://www.anthonyburrill.com/" target="_blank">Anthony Burrill</a>, and you may notice one of his printed on the wall above my desk which says “Work Hard and Be Nice To People” a motto I couldn’t agree to more! I also love the artwork, temporary nature and materiality of fanzines.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">It’s just so much fun..and I make the rules! I love making only a maximum 5 screenprints of each design, I don’t like the idea of art being mass produced and this way it keeps it fresh with new designs constantly added to my etsy. It’s not making my living and is so enjoyable for me to do so I only sell them for between £5-12 which hopefully makes it fun, unique and affordable art!</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07487552689054019340noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5539780257852129827.post-29769896306359717862014-04-30T23:02:00.002+01:002014-04-30T23:02:53.028+01:00Worms<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Where are the happy ever afters? presently I noticed</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">how much we walked in sync when</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">heading down the paths before us</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">and yet we each took a different fork.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">it's hard to hold someone's hand when your fingers</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">want to wiggle around like worms and dig their way</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">into the earth where they'll be safe</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">and never cut off.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I scuff my shoes along the ground each time I find</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">myself thinking about the might-have-beens in</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">this tangle I call my life, it makes the earth</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">on the edge of a precipice and I'm wondering</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">would it hurt if I just jumped?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I breathe and I eat and I try to close my eyes to pretend to sleep.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Is this what they call living?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">When I dream, I'm normal.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07487552689054019340noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5539780257852129827.post-5474942761481844012014-04-15T08:17:00.001+01:002014-04-15T08:17:49.944+01:00Musical Interlude<div style="text-align: center;">
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07487552689054019340noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5539780257852129827.post-4289532915772875842014-04-15T08:13:00.000+01:002014-04-15T08:14:08.566+01:00New job, new house, old problems....<span style="background-color: white; color: #330000;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another. ~Anatole France</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #330000; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I don't deal well with change. I am very good at making it seem like I do though. I smile, I give great answers to questions but inside I feel like I'm full of eels writhing their worry filled bodies around my internal organs. It's not pleasant and that's putting it mildly!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #330000; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I'm currently in the middle of a spate of changes. I just started a new job (which I love but because there is so much to learn I worry I am not good enough for it) and am about to move into yet another new house (which I am nowhere near ready for!). These two changes have combined forces, like baddies in comic book movies, morphing into one enormous foe that I am desperately battling. Like all battles, there are casualties. Currently I'm on antibiotics for an infection and keep having nosebleeds.....this is NOT fun. My body seems to take change very personally, throwing a hissy fit and giving me all sorts of crap for not being settled and calm. Bastard. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #330000; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">One of my biggest hopes is that one day I'll be able to cope with change in a less physical way...it'll just wash over me like a power shower, take away all the shitness and leave me feeling new and refreshed. </span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07487552689054019340noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5539780257852129827.post-2917701409681588942014-04-14T21:53:00.002+01:002014-04-14T21:54:27.971+01:00Boxes<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">These memories used to be on walls,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">on shelves, in eye lines.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Wrapped up in last weeks headlines,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Deadlines closing in like nets</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I fret, I fret and then forget</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">where I put this and that and yet.....and yet</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I hope that when I fish them out there are no chips,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">No breaks in my precious glimpses back in time,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">These are mine. These are mine.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Dull and divine, no scales to tip the balance</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">of my rememberings, these things are mine</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">to give and take, to feel and hold and place on</span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07487552689054019340noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5539780257852129827.post-59371577728640224162014-03-23T15:31:00.000+00:002014-03-23T15:32:01.575+00:00St Clements cake<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Today felt like a baking day. Having a look through the limited amount of ingredients I had I thought I'd knock up a version of a St Clements cake. It's something that's usually made around Christmas but I think that citrus flavours are really springy! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I've adapted a recipe from The Cranks Cookbook to make a dairy free blood orange, lemon and lime drizzle version (usually St Clements is iced and has buttercream in the middle....had no icing sugar and didn't really want buttercream today!!). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Lovely bit of Sunday reading in bed...<a href="http://www.ohcomely.co.uk/" target="_blank">Oh Comely</a> is an old favourite and <a href="http://readcereal.com/" target="_blank">Cereal</a> is definitely one of my new favourite magazines! This one was the first one out of the box at the brilliant <a href="http://www.ngngdesign.com/" target="_blank">No Guts No Glory</a> (ta Nathan!!!). If you've not read it before I highly recommend finding yourself a copy, making a good cup of tea with a couple of biccys and sitting down for a read....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I've developed a bit of a thing for wooden brooches....My hello one comes from the lovely <a href="http://www.tigerlillyquinnshop.com/" target="_blank">Tigerlillyquinn</a>'s shop (which has some super lovely things in it!) and the bourbon biscuit was an ebay find :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I went to <a href="http://bills-website.co.uk/" target="_blank">Bill's</a> in Exeter the other week for a celebratory dinner and got chatting to the very lovely waitress, Kelly, for a while. She went above and beyond to make sure my dinner experience was great and I can't praise her enough! On my way out of the restaurant she gave me this, a jar of delicious chilli and plum chutney....I was a bit overwhelmed as it was such a kind gesture! So Kelly at Bill's in Exeter, I salute you! Thank you for your kindness :) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I love an honesty box....this one had some amazing little plants, some jam and some chutney and all the proceeds went to various nature related charities....I bought some delicious apple, pear and blackcurrant jam....it's darned good on oaty bread toast!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I think this might be because it hints at the fact there is a final destination. Of course there is, it's the most obvious outcome in the universe. All things must one day end. My question is, who on earth wants to think about that? I don't. I want to live. I want to do my very best to enjoy each moment I have in my body, in this time, in this world. Life, for everyone, is constantly changing and evolving and becoming something new. Perhaps the newness is not great at the moment but it's transient and something will always come along to take it's place. I've been thinking a lot lately about how I live my life, how I interact with the people who are in it and how I can make the most of everything that comes my way. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">ALWAYS look out for the small things - these are what really make the world go round. A smile from a stranger. Hugging a friend. A humorously shaped vegetable. It's remembering to take the time to fully appreciate the little things that is the difficulty in our fast paced world. I'm getting a lot better at mentally storing them up and using them as a "bank of happiness" when times are rough. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">STOP! - Stop everything. Even just for a minute. Listen to the sounds, smell the smells, soak up the colours and textures of life happening all around. Maybe it sounds corny and can (on occasion) make you look a bit daft if you suddenly stop in the middle of the street and absorb your surroundings for a whole minute, but it's important. If we never stop how can we process and appreciate things?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Ask questions - don't be afraid of questions. Ask them. Ask family. Ask your children. Ask friends. Ask people you meet on your daily commute. Ask a professional. Keep questioning the world around you and learn as much as you can from it. And answer other people's questions too! Keep the curiosity alive!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Kindness costs nothing so we can all be rich - being a kind person is one of my highest aspirations. The feeling I get from helping someone else, even in the smallest and stupidest way possible, makes me feel amazing. It's something that I've found starts as a little ripple and can build up to a flood of amazingness. We're all basically trying to do the same things on this planet, why not make it that little bit more shiny in the process? :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I guess what I'm trying to say is that rather than thinking of the whole journey I'm just going to wander my way through each day, deal with each hiccup, bask in each small glory and love the people who are dearest to me. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Nuff said really. :)</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07487552689054019340noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5539780257852129827.post-7135496155550429792014-03-11T03:47:00.000+00:002014-03-11T03:47:01.662+00:00SparksSparks.<br />
Leaping between two hands<br />
that are yet to touch,<br />
bridging the gap of what's yours<br />
and what's mine until the<br />
edges become all blurred and beautiful.<br />
It's like looking at flowers through teary eyes,<br />
less solid, less real, more magical.<br />
You said that the magic draws us together,<br />
people, just everyday people living their lives<br />
and waiting for sparks.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07487552689054019340noreply@blogger.com0